GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |